Let's talk vector, raster, polygons, and Universal Transverse Mercator projections, which are named, of course, after the 16th-century Flemish cartographer, Gerardus Mercator. Now we are speaking the language of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a lingua franca that has become absolutely essential in conservation and countless other fields in the 21st century. At Honeyguide Foundation,
In the early morning hours of July 22, a pack of poachers on four motorbikes attempted to invade Manyara Ranch. Fortunately, head Honeyguide ranger trainer, John Magembe, received a tip-off about the raid at the 35,000-acre conservancy, which is primarily supported by the African Wildlife Foundation. Some 25 minutes later, Magembe and several Manyara Ranch
First off, everybody asks him about his zany name. But we’ll get to that. The man otherwise known as William “Zungu” Joseph has spent more than 15 years pursuing wilderness adventures and putting out organizational bushfires. Today Zungu serves as Honeyguide’s procurement officer and as something like a jack-of-all-trades superstar. He is that unsung hero
Community-based conservation and wildlife protection in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem just strengthened its ranks and expanded its reach. On May 2, the leadership of the newly established Randilen Wildlife Management Area officially deployed 15 fresh village game scouts to begin operations in the 315-sqaure-kilometer community conservation area, which borders the northeastern arc of Tarangire National Park.
While the high noon sun scorched the savanna, the interview had also grown red hot. “As you are sitting here asking me about conflicts with wildlife, those zebras are finishing my farm!” a Maasai mzee shouted at the enumerator and then pointed to his field of maize, where, indeed, a group of nine black-and-white-striped equids
In the town of Mto wa Mbu, it seems that informing on poachers has become as big a business as poaching itself. Less than a week after a tip from a community informant led to the arrest of a notorious local poacher and his accomplice at Manyara Ranch, Honeyguide-supported rangers rounded up three more illegal
Poachers sure picked the wrong time to raid Manyara Ranch. On April 22, some 42 rangers and village game scouts had gathered at Manyara Ranch for three days of intensive joint team training in wilderness first aid, as led by the Sentinel Outdoor Institute, organized by Honeyguide Foundation, funded primarily by Big Life Foundation, with
Call him Lomunyack. He’s only four months old, but he already stands over three feet tall and weighs nearly 100 kilograms. He also has a set of conical pre-adolescent horns jutting out from behind his forehead and a series of dashing white stripes down the side of his body. Lomunyack happens to be a young
Honeyguide Foundation proudly took part in the African Borderlands biennial conference in Arusha, Tanzania March 17-18. Aiming to conserve the threatened species of elephants and lions, the Borderlands Conservation Initiative has brought together a coalition of Tanzanian and Kenyan government agencies, non-profit organizations, and communities among the critical habitats that span across the two East
The strike happened so fast, the rangers didn’t even see it. Jerry had let out a yelp and began shaking his head in pain. After rushing to the super dog, Honeyguide’s head of the Dog Tracker Unit, Lembris Kephas, discovered what seemed to be snake fang marks just below Jerry’s left eye. Within minutes, the